Events for the Public
June 2009
All of the below events are open for the public. We would like you to plan carefully before registering with us so that we have enough seats for participants. If you register for our events but change your plan, kindly notify us by email to irchanoi@gmail.com. Please click here to register for event(s) you want to attend.
Date/Time | Event | Host |
| Jun 2, 3:30-4:30 | Speaker Program: U.S. Education | Jennifer Galt |
| Jun 5, 2:00-4:30 | Film Showing: The Joy Luck Club | American Center |
| Jun 6, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Summer Vacation | American Center |
| Jun 12, 10:00-11:00 | Discussion Panel: Globalization in Southeast Asia | Dr. Le Long and students from Houston Univ. |
| Jun 12, 2:00-4:30 | Film Showing: Documentary: Americans in Pyongyang - The New York Philharmonic's Trip to North Korea | American Center |
| Jun 13, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Tenses in English and Other | American Center |
| Jun 16, 5:00-6:30 | Music Performance by an American Pop Group from California | Speechwriters LLC |
| Jun 17, 4:00-5:30 | Speaker Program: Understanding American Business Culture | Marcia Friedman |
| Jun 18, 4:30-6:00 | Speaker Program: Understanding of Biotechnology new Register | Jack Bobo |
| Jun 19, 2:00-4:30 | Film Showing: Mr. Holland's Opus | American Center |
| Jun 19, 4:30-6:00 | Speaker Program: Culinaria Americana: Cooking, Politics and Values American Style | Don Mattingley & Joaquin Monserrate |
| Jun 20, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Volunteers in Summer Vacation | American Center |
| Jun 26, 2:00-4:00 | Film Showing: Father of the Bride | American Center |
| Jun 26, 4:15-5:00 | Music Performance: Vietnamese Traditional Music - Ca Trù | Thang Long Ca Trù Group |
| Jun 27, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Job Hunting | American Center |
If you would like to be an American Center member, please register. Our office is located on the 1st Floor of the Rose Garden Tower at 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.
Time: 15:30-16:30, June 2, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Deputy Director from the Office of Public Diplomacy, Jennifer Galt, will speak on U.S. education. She will explain the education structure in the United States as well as what it offers to those in this region who wish to study abroad. Please join us to get your U.S. education questions answered!
Time: 14:00-16:30, June 5, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Four older women, all Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco, meet regularly to play mah-jong, eat, and tell stories. Each of these women have adult Chinese-American daughters. The film reveals the hidden pasts of the older women and explores cultural conflict and the relationships between mothers and daughters. The film is structured as a series of vignettes told from the perspectives of the different women.
Time: 9:30-11:30, June 6, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Come join our American English Club on Summer Vacation theme! At the event, you will have a chance to watch a clip, listen to a native speaker and take part in a lot of activities in group or in pairs to improve your speaking skills.
Time: 10:00-11:00, June 12, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Students from the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business are taking a trip through Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. While in Vietnam, they will visit the American Center to do a presentation on global citizenship, social entrepreneurship, and corporate globalization citizenship. This is a great opportunity to see what concepts this American university is teaching in their international business courses.
Time: 14:00-16:30, June 12, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
In anticipation of the New York Philharmonic’s trip to Vietnam in the fall, we welcome you to join us to watch a documentary covering the group’s recent trip to North Korea and performance in Pyongyang. This will give you an idea of what to expect and familiarize you to this type of music!
Time: 17:00-18:30, June 16, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Since its inception in 2001, the band has played several hundred shows across 39 US states, had major label representation, and licensed its music to both network television and internationally-distributed film. Now they are coming to Hanoi to perform! Please join us to welcome these talented musicians perform for American Center students and Embassy staff!
Time: 16:00-17:30, June 17, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Each country has a unique culture and its own way of doing business. The United States of America is famous for its success in business and in developing and maintaining a culture which promotes and encourages businesses to grow and flourish. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the “typical” American workplace and employee? What qualities and features of the American culture and the American people are key qualities of the American workplace? What can you expect if you work with or for an American business? What are American workers and businesses doing in response to the global economic crisis? Please join us for a frank and fun discussion with Ms. Marcie Friedman, Economic Officer.
Time: 16:00-17:30, June 18, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Register: http://creator.zoho.com/pashanoi/form/85
Do you ever wonder if we can be sure there will be enough food for everyone? How do we know if our food supply is safe? Have you heard of biotechnology and want to know more about it? American and Vietnam have strong and important agricultural trade ties and share interests in joint education and research. Come join a lively discussion on food issues and the role that Biotechnology has to play in the US, Vietnam, and world-wide in insuring that there is enough food for everyone. Get a better understanding of what biotechnology is and what it means for Vietnam and the future!
Time: 14:00-16:30, June 19, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.
Time: 16:30-18:00, June 19, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
The speakers, Don Mattingley & Joaquin Monserrate, world-renowned chefs in small but well-informed circles, will use live, dead and cooked chickens to illustrate some of the characteristics of life in America and share some of its most cherished values. The presenters will focus on American habits at the table and kitchen, while carving, cooking and serving their award-winning American chicken recipe (a.k.a. El Super Pollo) to the audience. The chicken dance will not be performed.
Time: 14:00-16:00, June 26, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie. George is a nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman. The preparations for the extravagant wedding provide additional comic moments. (from IMDb.com)
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